Villa Strassburger, Neo-Norman villa in Deauville, France

Villa Strassburger is a villa built between 1907 and 1912 by the Caen architect Georges Pichereau for Henri de Rothschild, on the site of the Ferme du Coteau he had bought from Gustave Flaubert in 1875. Its steep brown-tiled roof, tall brick chimneys and cream half-timbering with dark blue bands frame a central gable with a tall arched window, flanked by two rounded turret sections with pointed grey roofs. A row of small square windows in pale blue trim runs below the timbering, and red flower boxes sit at ground level on the lawn.

Built between 1907 and 1912 to plans by Caen architect Georges Pichereau for Henri de Rothschild, the villa replaced the Ferme du Coteau, a farm Rothschild had bought from Gustave Flaubert in 1875. First called Villa du Coteau, it was sold in 1924 to the American millionaire Ralph Beaver Strassburger, whose wife disliked the poor view of the sea. The Strassburgers kept it until their son Peter gave it to Deauville in 1980.

The villa is named after American millionaire Ralph Beaver Strassburger, who bought it in 1924 and stayed only in August for the horse season. His family kept about thirty servants, including eight gardeners and six cooks, year-round in case they arrived unannounced, which never happened. Guests included composer Vincent Scotto, singer Suzy Delair, industrialist Marcel Boussac and Prince Ali Khan.

The villa stands on a hill above Deauville, so the sea is not visible from its rooms. It was donated to the town in 1980 and can be visited; the ground floor has two salons and a dining room, with guest rooms on the upper floors.

The farm that stood here, Ferme du Coteau, was bought by Henri de Rothschild from Gustave Flaubert in 1875, and the villa kept the name Villa du Coteau until the 1920s. The writer had sold the property decades before the house was built, so no Flaubert family connection to the villa itself exists.